Feds: Oneida trust decision imminent

A decision on whether to put Oneida Indian Nation land into trust could come in the next day or two, a spokeswoman for the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs said this afternoon.
"It's in the final approval process," said Nedra Darling.
James Cason, the Department of Interior official who will make the ruling, had told local leaders April 3 he would issue his decision by the end of the month. But he's still working on it, Darling said.
Cason has no deadline.
The BIA, with Cason's help, in February outlined a plan that would place about 13,000 acres into tax-exempt trust for the Oneidas, including Turning Stone Resort and Casino and four of the tribe's 13 gas stations.
The nation filed the trust application in April 2005.